The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-15

of the family recovered in a short time
/ afterward, none having been any worse
hurt than the man.
| N. r. Lindsey, of Berrien county, had
| his new store house burned last Friday.
! He had just finished it, but had not moved
his goods in, when somehow the fleas got
! possession of the under cover beneath the
! floor, and Mr.. Dindsey devised a very effec-
tive, but as it proved, very expensive way
| of DISCRIMINATING them. he scattered shay
! ings all under the house and set them on
| fire The result was the blocks and sills
| caught on fire. and while he was whipping
| it out on one side the flames were spreading
| on the other, and it was not long before the
| destructive clement got the advantage and
he had to stand off and see the new house
go up in smoke. His tools were all in the
| house and he did not even save them.
Tom Davis, alias Tom johnson, is now
behind the bars of the Franklin Jail He
has been identified as the wife murderer,
who created such a sensation among the ne
groes near Daniels mill, in Heard county,
in the year 1875. He carried his wife from
home under the pretenSe of going to see rel
atives The woman did not return, and the
people growing suspicious of foul play, i'll
stituted search and found her decomposed
body in gully near New river. Tom had
fled Nothing could be learned of his
it was learned that he was living on the
Plant place in Coweta under an assumed
name. Sheriff Lipscomb, arrested him
Wednesday, and he will now atone for the
crime of twelve years ago.
At Piainville Friday two train hands
made miraculous escape from death
They were on q north-bound freight train,
which was going at a rapid rate. One of
them, n brakeman, was standing on a car
1orin with ri ia
cab, when the back of his neck struck a
telegraph wire The jar was so violent that
he was pitched headlong for several feet,
but fortunately he caught onto the
car as he fell and saved himself f ON falling
under the wheels. The wire broke and with
it came one of the cross pieces on the pole
These caught around the legs OF the other
brakeman, and it looked for awhile as if he
was sure to be pulled off and dashed to the
ground. He had from the place where he
was caught to the length of the wire from
the next pole to extricate himself, and just
as the time came the wire and cross-piece
were loosened.
Judge William G. Pierce died at his home
near Morgan, on August l, in the Saith
year of his age Judge Pierce was one of
the Oldest and original settlers of that sec
ton, moving and settling there in 1884
before the Indians left tho country. He was
one of the soldiers actually engaged in the
battle of the Nochaway, near Milford in
Baker county in 1886 He was born i'll
Wilkerson county, and married after
he settled in that section. For over
forty years he was postmaster at
Concord and Morgan, resigning that posi-
ton in 1874, when he was elected to the
Legislature from Calhoun county. He filled
the Office of Clerk of the Superior Court
for quite a number of years, and in 1876
retired to private life, living since then on
his farm near Morgan until the day of his
death. Judge Pierce was always a moral
man, and was for long time before he died
q member of the Methodist church, and he
ever tried to exert an influence for good in
the community in which he lived.
A most remarkable story that is well
authenticated, comes from Banks county
concerning the burial of the late DIR. A. D.
Chinault. He died on June IS, of fever,
and was buried June 20, at Winn's burying
ground, near Lula. After the grave had
been prepared, the corpse carried to it and
all the funeral rites performed the coffin
was lowered in the vault, the grave was
just begun to be filed, strange noise was
heard that sounded like music from harp.
The crowd was considerably agitated, and
a general commotion followed. No one
knew what or where it was. To some it
appeared to be in the grave, and to others
in the trees. There is no doubt about there
being a strange noise being heard, one
that will, in all probability never be ex-
planned this side of eternity Rev. G. II.
CARTRIDGE, who was conducting the funeral
rites, says he did not hear the noise. as he is
a little deaf, but noticed the congregation
was excited, and that there was something
unusual operating upon the audience. just
what caused the noise, or what it was, il is
highly probable will never be explained.
Hartwell Sun: Mr.. Lewis Shihet met
with a very narrow escape from death on
Monday evening about dark. He and fami-
ly We're sitting around the fireplace He
got his powder horn and flint and steel to
strike fire. He poured little powder on
a bunch of cotton and ignited it with the
flint and steel The cotton was probably a
little damp and didn't burn quite as fast as
Mr.. Shifet desired, so he raised his horn
and began pouring powder on the lazy fire
have been expected-the fire flashed up the
exploding it with deafen-
ing report that could be heard for mile or
more The family were blown to the floor
left arm and slightly on the face. Mrs.
burned and had thumb knocked out of
joint. The children received slight INJURIES
but fortunately none of the family were
for awhile. Mr.. Shifiet says he has done
ready TO take n pledge to do il never again
In this connection we would suggest that
matches are cheaper than powder and are
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